Davidson Hotels To Install Javelin Systems' NexDisplay Touch Screen Computers Throughout the United States.IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1997--Javelin Systems Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :JVLN), a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative touch screen computers, Monday announced that Memphis, Tenn.-based Davidson Hotel Company has selected Javelin's NexDisplay-5 touch screen computers for installation in its 25 hotels located throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The multi-year contract was obtained by Hurst, Texas-based Ibertech Inc., one of Javelin's largest strategic software partners. Under the terms of the contract Davidson will install Ibertech's Aloha TableService point-of-sale systems, configured with an average of four to five NexDisplay computers, in food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. locations within all of the Davidson Hotels including the Crown Plaza, Embassy Suites, Hilton, Marriott, and Sheraton properties as well as their flagship hotels. The first thirty systems are currently being installed. "Our hotels' current technology consists of a mixture of point-of-sale systems and a variety of property management systems," said Fletcher Towell, director of Technology at Davidson. "Our goal is to bring about a standardization and consistency in our information management technology by utilizing the Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. open-system platform. The selection of Ibertech's Aloha coupled with the open hardware architecture of Javelin's NexDisplay touch screen systems provides the means to achieve our goal." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ibertech Director of Corporate Sales Bill Grant, Davidson has taken a 'technological' leadership role within the hotel industry with its deployment of a single-property level 'enterprise' Windows NT server with point-of-sale and other software systems operating on a single network throughout a hotel. Microsoft Marketing Manager for Hospitality Stan Julien commented, "This brings together two forward-thinking industry leaders. Ibertech is the first POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale company to demonstrate the integration of a property management system utilizing the new HITIS HITIS Hospitality Industry Technology Integration Standards project Posting Interface standard. "Davidson, a technology leader in the hospitality industry, has done a commendable job of combining off-the-shelf Windows NT based software solutions, such as Aloha, with an open-architecture hardware platform such as Javelin's NexDisplay which supports Windows and Windows NT." Ibertech is an innovative software company that provides a comprehensive suite of point-of-sale solutions to the foodservice and hospitality industries. Ibertech's world-recognized products allow its customers to implement hospitality systems that precisely meet the needs and demands of their customers. Ibertech's family of software products includes Aloha TableService and Aloha QuickService. Javelin Systems designs, develops, markets and sells open system, touch screen point-of-sale (POS) computers primarily for the foodservice industry. The company's POS systems integrate substantially all of the functionality of a standard desktop PC into a small footprint, network-ready package and run on industry standard operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , such as Microsoft's DOS, Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT. The company's POS systems provide quick service restaurants, full service restaurants and hospitality and retail establishments with a hardware solution for transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. , in-store controls and management information. -0- NOTE: The statements in this news release that relate to future plans, events or performance are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including risks associated with uncertainties pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to customer orders, demand for products and services, development of markets for the company's products and services and other risks identified in the company's SEC filings. Actual results, events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The company undertakes no obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. CONTACT: Javelin Systems Inc. Marty Tullio, VP Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. 714/223-5130, Ext. 141 |
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